IIT Kharagpur Food engineers have developed a cheap ready-to-eat paste for malnourished children

A four-member team of IIT researchers prepared the formulation in their food chemistry and technology lab which could be used as part of medical nutrition therapy for management of severe acute malnutrition children.

IIT professor Dr H N Mishra, who led the research, said that "It has all the vitamins, minerals, nutrients and protein which a malnourished child needs". 

Important to note : 

• Rs 1.8 crore in funds for the IIT project was sanctioned by the biotechnology department of the Union Ministry of Science and Technology.
• IIT Kharagpur has tied up with Delhi-based Gattapu Chemicals as industry partner which would have the rights to sell the formulation.